From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 15 12:46:14 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E79416A400 for ; Sun, 15 Jul 2007 12:46:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@dfwlp.com) Received: from pollux.dfwlp.com (rrcs-64-183-212-244.sw.biz.rr.com [64.183.212.244]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F93013C4B5 for ; Sun, 15 Jul 2007 12:46:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@dfwlp.com) Received: from athena.dfwlp.com (athena.dfwlp.com [192.168.125.83]) (authenticated bits=0) by pollux.dfwlp.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l6FCkBf1070246 for ; Sun, 15 Jul 2007 07:46:11 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from freebsd@dfwlp.com) From: Jonathan Horne To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2007 07:46:11 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <64c038660707141942l2b202d0ai27ca19437779c658@mail.gmail.com> <4699EB6B.90902@netfence.it> In-Reply-To: <4699EB6B.90902@netfence.it> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200707150746.11601.freebsd@dfwlp.com> X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=3.6 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.1 (2007-05-02) on pollux.dfwlp.com Subject: Re: OT: Does a low-cost, reliable switch exist? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2007 12:46:14 -0000 On Sunday 15 July 2007 04:39:55 Andrea Venturoli wrote: > I've got some running 24/7 without a hitch for some years without once > rebooting them; they are under UPS as every switch should be (but > probably they would work fine anyway). hehe, if you *dont* put them on UPS, cant you use those brownouts as "free" reboots that you dont have to drive in to take care of? and it gets them all at once!! (kidding!) i too have had great success with used 3com equipment from ebay. i had a major problem with one of the 6 24port'rs that i bought for my lan party, and they honored the warranty, even after who-only-knows how old they were. and, ive since sold those switches to a different lan party, and they are still operating as reliably as when i picked them up in 2000-2001. cheers, -- Jonathan Horne http://dfwlpiki.dfwlp.org freebsd@dfwlp.com